Shirley, N.Y. - Waterfront

Tangier L.I.
Type: Postcard

The reverse reads: "As you look over from Smith's point towards the life saving station and the shore dinner hotel. There were 100 motor and sail boats moored in this charming spot when we saw it."

Tangier L.I.
Type: Postcard

The reverse reads: "This is to be the place where the great steel and concrete bridge is to span Great South Bay and connect with the ocean front. It is to be the first place by which the mainland and Great South Beach can be reached from New York, except by water."

Tangier L.I.
Type: Postcard

The reverse reads: "When the flowing tide comes in on the ocean washed shore of great south beach at Tangier. It is well worth the trip to see it and adds reality to Byron's lines: 'There is a rapture on the lonely shore.'"

Tangier L.I.
Type: Postcard

The reverse reads: "Where rolls old ocean on the surf washed shore of Great South Beach on Tangier, L.I. This is the first place on Long Island's ocean front to be reached, except by boat, from New York."

[Tangier Bridge]
Type: Postcard

The reverse reads: "This steel bridge, connecting the ocean with the mainland at Tangier, L.I., is the first place by which Great South Beach can be reached, except by water, from New York City."

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